Pink Mop Head Hydrangea
The hydrangeas that do overwinter well here are the panicle type hydrangea paniculata and smooth type hydrangea arborescens.
[78] Pink Mop Head Hydrangea . When to remove dead hydrangea flowers. You can purchase a blue hydrangea and find it blooms a different color next year. Mophead hydrangeas come in two types.
If its buds are winter killed the plant will form new ones in spring and still bloom. Macrophylla we love all summer beauty mophead which has profuse dark blue flowers turning more pink in soils with near neutral ph. They grow quite rapidly and can make excellent hedges if spaced appropriately.
Mophead hydrangeas are the those stunning blue and pink ones you see all over the lower mainland. Some mopheads bear small flowers in big rounded clusters that can be as large as cabbages. The leaves of pg hydrangeas are relatively easy to identify when compared with other hydrangeas.
These are also commonly known as french hydrangeas. These are best suited for places with afternoon shade also requiring well drained soil. These are the most cold hardy hydrangea and can grow from zones 3 to 7.
They are smaller thinner and rougher than leaves of the mophead hydrangea typically 3 6 long and 3 4. Mopheads hydrangea macrophylla are the most popular hydrangeas grown in home gardens and landscapes. If you see cut flowers at a store they are likely mophead.
In particular i m referring to the mophead hydrangeas hydrangea macrophylla. Pink hydrangea pink hydrangeas range from hot pinks to barely blushing and can be found in several different types. The mophead hydrangeas have the quintessentially large puffy flower balls indicative of old fashioned elegance.
There are a few types of mophead hydrangeas that will bloom regardless of when you prune them oh and one type in particular is called endless summer. These are large blooms typically start white and may turn to pink. Lacecap hydrangeas and mophead hydrangeas are both classified as hydrangea macrophylla.
Department of agriculture plant. Nikko blue mophead is vigorous with large rounded blue flowers. Most mopheads grown today are blue or pink but a few varieties are white.
With mophead you have to prune annually after the pink or blue blooms have appeared. Mophead hydrangea information tells you that the shrubs can grow taller than you are and have an equal or greater spread. Mophead hydrangeas hydrangea macrophylla grow 3 to 6 feet tall and 6 to 10 feet wide producing pink white or blue ball shaped flowers in summer.